Give A Damn Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D][G][C][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
You remember the song [C]called
"Give a Damn"
Some [G]group sang last [D]summer?
About [G]people livin' with [C]rats and things
The [D]paper couldn't cover?
Well, it [G]wasn't very popular
[C]Nob[G]ody wanted to hear
[D]And tha[G]t's a shame
'cause a [C]pretty tune
Was [D]just what we needed that [G]year

[Verse 2]
The [G]first thing nobody [C]wanted to hear
was [G]"damn" [D]- that was on the label
I mean [G]it's okay if you just
[C]read it there
But you did[D]n't bring it up at the table
So the [G]radio didn't play the [C]song
Ex[G]cept on the [D]FM stations
Un[G]til some looter [C]worked his way
[D]Down to the United [G]Na tions
Then word got around
[C]that there's this song
[G]All about the riots [D]and stuff
So, they [G]played "Give A
[D]Damn" on the [C]noon report
Just [D]once, but that was enough
Some [G]cameraman with [C]groovy footage
Of [G]glowing embers and
[D]charred remains
Put the [G]pictures with the song
on the [C]six o'clock news
Fol[D]lowing the baseball [G]game
[C][D][G][Em][G]
Then everybody said it was a
[C]real fine song
"Why [G]didn't we hear it be[D]fore?
[G]Let's all blame the ra[C]dio stations
For [D]bringing on the domestic war
Oh [G]sure, we'd seen some art[C]icles
We [G]knew some people needed [D]help
But [G]social workers take [C]care of that
I mean, [D]why give a damn
yourself?"
[G][C#dim]

[Verse 3]
[Edim]
Well, the [G]reason that [D]you did[C]n't
And the [G]reason that [D]you won't
Is [G]you think you got a [C]lot to lose
[D]And the other fella don't
Oh you [G]give a damn,
[Am]well so [C]does he
'You think the [G]rest of us
are [D]just fakin'?
I mean [G]what do you need
that [C]you got to give
[D]Less than what you're takin'?
[G]Where could you go?
[C]Who could you see?
[G]What could you do [D]the best?
The [G]book is in your left [C]hand
Your [D]right hand knows the ad[G]dress
Address your questions,
ad[C]dress your money
Ad[G]dress your tele[D]phone number
But above [C]all [G]else, please address [C]yourself
[D]To give a damn this sum[G]mer

[Outro 1]
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